Wow

Wow

Almost 70 years ago, when James Watson and Francis Crick unraveled the mystery of DNA’s double helix, scientists appeared to have wonder on the run.Men and women in white coats were rapidly eliminating the element of mystery from physics and biology.But wonder, far...
Surprised by Grace

Surprised by Grace

Harvey Penick literally wrote the book on golf.Throughout his life, he never aspired to be an author.  He simply loved everything that goes with hitting the little white ball. Born in Texas in 1902, Penick began to caddie at the Austin Country Club at the...
A Living Letter

A Living Letter

One of the most significant calls to social transformation in American history sprang from a mood of deep frustration. It was also written in a jail cell. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young Baptist pastor from Atlanta, had come to Birmingham, Alabama in April...
Follow the Clues

Follow the Clues

A few years ago, as the workplace pastor for a faith-friendly healthcare organization, I visited one of the office work teams.I was holding something in my left hand, which was tightly closed. “So what do you think I’m holding right now?  Anybody want to...
An Unhurried Life

An Unhurried Life

We’re not even two weeks into the new year and chronically busy Americans are already becoming anxious.Is there going to be enough time to accomplish what we so recently resolved to make happen in 2022? One of the great human obsessions of the modern age is to...